SAN FRANCISCO– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a $15 million settlement securing restitution for Californians who invested money with Beverly Hills-based investment adviser Stanley Chais, money that he then funneled into Bernard Madoff's notorious Ponzi scheme. Chais was respons...

LOS ANGELES– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, along with the attorneys general of 33 other states and the District of Columbia, today announced a $41.2 million settlement with automakers Hyundai and Kia to resolve allegations that the companies misrepresented the mileage and fuel economy rating...

LOS ANGELES– An Australian geneticist who pleaded guilty to a federal charge of traveling to Los Angeles to engage in criminal sexual conduct with a 6-year-old boy was sentenced today to 144 months in prison. Michael Quinn, 33, of Melbourne, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J...